Biotechnology and Food Engineering (BFE) Chemical Engineering, Monash University

The hallmark of the human brain – its enormous cortex – can be traced back 600 million years to the ancestor of a primitive worm

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A study finds that severe trauma can cause genetic changes that are passed along to children(author unknown)

Guy Micklethwait writes about the application of quantum mechanics to chemistry to solve quasiexact models and to understand the system.(author unknown)

The theory of obesity being caused by the lack of willpower has been contested, providing a critical link in addressing the obesity epidemic.(author unknown)

A measurement of the ‘magic number’ – alpha – around the world has came up with various results, indicating different physics laws.(author unknown)

Bacteria that produce oxygen may have evolved hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, a new study suggests.(author unknown)

SCIENCE FEATURE: Overfishing is a problem in Australia, but we've come a long way in recent years in terms of fishing sustainability, say scientists and environmentalists.(author unknown)

A European study has found that men who move their necks and trunks more to the beat are most likely to attract women.(author unknown)

A large new carnivorous dinosaur unearthed in Spain sported a very unusual pointed hump-like structure on its back, muscular legs and evidence for some of the world's first feathers.(author unknown)

Medical adviser Michael Duncan says rescuing trapped miners is just the first step(author unknown)

Hump backed reptile may have sported primitive plumage.(author unknown)

Earth moved in the Chilean quake where the strain was highest.(author unknown)

New research challenges idea that global warming will drive civil unrest.(author unknown)

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Can epigenetics underlie the enduring effects of a mother's love? Lizzie Buchen investigates the criticisms of a landmark study and the controversial field to which it gave birth.(author unknown)

Can epigenetics underlie the enduring effects of a mother's love? Lizzie Buchen investigates the criticisms of a landmark study and the controversial field to which it gave birth.(author unknown)

A controversial observation suggests that a constant of physics actually varies in space – it could explain why our corner of the cosmos is just right for life

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A controversial observation suggests that a constant of physics actually varies in space – it could explain why our corner of the cosmos is just right for life

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